An Oral History of Hmong Pilots in the Vietnam War
by
Chia Youyee Vang
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2019
During the Vietnam War, the US Air Force secretly trained pilots from Laos, skirting Lao neutrality in order to bolster the Royal Lao Air Force and their own war efforts. Beginning in 1964, this covert project, "Water Pump," operated out of Udorn Airbase in Thailand with the support of the CIA. This...